Tag: Larry Ellison

HE’S EMINENTLY QUALIFIED TO BE ORACLE’S PRESIDENT

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“The HP board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs many years ago.”

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, criticizing the decision by Hewlett-Packard’s board to request CEO Mark Hurd’s resignation following an expense-account scandal involving a softcore porn actress, New York Times, 8 August 2010

I’LL HAVE MY PEOPLE NOT TALK TO YOUR PEOPLE

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“I know Rupert Murdoch, but I’m not going to approach him about Fox. Though they would be great. I know Bob Iger and I’m not going to approach him about ESPN. But that’s what we want.”

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, negotiating through the press for America’s Cup TV rights, Fortune, 22 March 2010